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A  PROCLAMATION. 

TO  THE  C400D  PEOPLE  OF  THE  COUNTIES  OF 

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A  reckless  and  unprincipled  tyrant  has  invaded  your 
soil.  Abraham  Lincoln,  regardless  of  all  moral,  Jcgal 
and  constitutional  restraints,  has  thrown  hia  abolitioft 
hosts  among  you,  who  f.rc  murdering  and  imprisoning 
your  citizens*,  confiscating  and  destroying  your  property, 
and  committing  other  acts  of  violence  and  oiitrage'  too 
shocking  and  revolting  to  humanity  to  be  enumera\cd. 
All  rules  of  civilized  warfare  are  abandoned,  and  they 
proclaim  by  their  acts,  if  not  on  their  banners,  that  their 
■war  cry  is  "  Beauty  and  Bcoty^  All  that  is  dear  to  man 
— your  honor  and  thatof  your  wives  and  daughters — your 
fortunes  and  your  lives  are-in\olved  in  this  momentous 
contest.  ,, 

1  n  the  name,  therefore,  of  the'  constituted  authorfties 
of  the  Confederate  Staples — in  the  sacred  cause  of  Convjti- 
tutional  Liberty  and  self- Government,  for  "vvhich  wc  a 
contending— in  behalf  of  ciA'^ilization  and  humanity 
self— I,  Ci.  T.  BEAUREGARD,  Brigadier  General  of 
the  Confederate  States  Qommanding  at  Camp  Pickens, 
Manassas  Junction,  do  make  this  my  Proclamation,  and 
invite  and  enjoin  you  by  every  consideration  dear  to  "the 
hearts  of  freemen  and  patriots — by  the  name  and  mem- 
ory of  your  Revolutionary  fathers,  and  by  the  purity  and 
sanctity  of  your  domestic  firesides — to  rally  to  the  stand- 
ard of  your  State  and  country, .and  by  every  means  in 
your  power  compatible  with  honorable  warfare,  to  drive 
back  and  expel  the  invaders  from  your  land.  I  conjure 
you  to  be  true  and  loyal  to  your  country  and  her  lega^ 
and  constitutional  authorities,  and  especially  to  be  vigi- 
lant of  the  movements  and  acts  of  the  enemy  so  as  to  en- 
able you  to  give  the  earliest  authentic  information  at 
these  Head  Quarters,  or  to  the  OflScers  under  my  com- 
mand. I  desire  to  assure  you  that  the  utmost  protection 
in  my  power  will  be  extended  to  you  all. 

(Signed)        G.  T.  BEAUREGARD, 
Brigadier  General  Commanding. 

(OflScial) 

Thomas  Jordan,  '' 

Lt.  Col.  and  Act.  Ass't.  A'dju't.  General. 


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